The Industry of Marrying Europeans

by Trong Phung Vvu

Book Overview

This work by Vu Trong Phung, written in the 1930s, reports and expands on the author's meetings with North Vietnamese women who had made an "industry" of marrying European men. The Industry of Marrying Europeans is notable for its sharp observations, pointed humor, and unconventional mix of nonfictional and fictional narration, as well as its attention to voice: Vu Trong Phung records the French-Vietnamese pidgin dialect spoken by these couples. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877271402
• ISBN13: 9780877271406
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.7" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher